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Another reason to stay away from BMW. Especially older ones. They are a bear and a half to work on, and they are endless money pits as they age.
Tell them not to slam the door with window down makes window rattles, and slowly bend parts, special cheap parts
Let this serve as a lesson to all young techs, always use OEM parts.
Always
Did you try to get a replacement form the Junk yard?🦊
That is a ton of flex in that regulator wow such chinesium Garbage @Rainman Ray's Repairs
Cheap chinesium Junky Regulator onward to the OEM Part For non Comeback Repair @Rainman Ray's Repairs
I agree Quality Dosent Cost it Pays You do get what you pay for when you Buy OEM Parts I tent to Repair and Install 97 percent OEM Parts Most of the time @Rainman Ray's Repairs
You just have to hate when chinesium parts fail and ya gotta do the job More then once @Rainman Ray's Repairs
The reason this BMW is so hard to fix is that there aren’t any cliffs in Florida to push it off of.
Oh the Crystal Ball…..that was just Fabulous….lol
Any work on my e90 door is a pain the ass. Thst foam insulation sucks too. Rips too easy.
Could you have got a good used unit? That's what I did works great.
l got a 20 year old mercedes and everything still works very well on it…after I have replaced a fair share of junk parts over the years Mercedes isn't as bad as BMW. l still love mercedes ,I like they way they drive ,always have.
Rainman hates Das autos
The car looks of the age where it's probably more economical to find good condition, working 2nd hand OEM parts from a scrap yard or disassembler than buy sh*tty aftermarket bits.
Should not cheap out on ze German American vehicle especially with a window regulator, I'm sure the oem part is made in China as well but it's the best Chinese quality unless you get it from Germany.
Chinese making lot$ of money, sell Americans junk parts then sell us blood pressure & depression pills. In HVAC I quit when they started using Chinese made parts in US built units; nothing but grief!!!!
That's why it's better to do it DIY and not paying somebody with limited time and no patience at all, that is why that piece is called a regulator because you have to regulate it for the window to go up and down as it should!
of course first time door shut hard…regulator gone again
Sorry you have to do it a 3rd time
Like I always said. The best you can hope is what you pay for. By the way Ray, your videos are excellent. Keep up the fantastic work.
“Stahting daz auto†😂
Plenty of affordable options on rock Auto for this 325i. That regulator looks like Fleabay Chinesium junk
The only thing I have to say about this is when you buy junk you have junk spend the extra money buy quality
Maybe get a good used factory unit🤔.
I worked parts for a shop a long while ago, we had to replace the window tracks as well.
SOME mechanics responses to window regulator jobs. "Do I look like a bodyshop guy to you?"…..LOL
This is the one part I'm thankful I never had to fix on my E36 when I was in college. Better believe I touched everything else on that car though.
same happen in my Passat B4 same system i need 2new regulator
Hahahahah! well, at least i'm not the only one who hates playing with BMW windows… Yeeeeep i've got an old E36 too
Cheap parts aside that causes these problems, the other culprit is the typical BMW's bad design (part of their over-engineering doctrine). You can throw money at buying premium original BMW parts, but if the design is bad it will not alleviate the problem.
Try secondhand parts when customer budget plays a role ,mostly you get waranty on used parts from profesional secondhandparts sellers
It's easier to just replace the whole door with one from a junkyard
Yep order a BMW part
Sir I've got a friend who has a broken outside door handle on a 4 door Ford focus. Was told by Ford dealership that the door has to be cut apart to fix it is that true ?
that is a lot of ball talk brother. I would have Hulk Smashed it, lol
Good is not cheap and cheap is not good
So easy to blame the regulator while happily skipping over the fact you didn't install it properly. The first attention you gave to the adjustment of the window was at 12:20 in this video, AFTER the regulator failed. Kinda late to adjust it at that point. Regardless of the quality of the regulator, what chance does it stand if the window is constantly binding because you didn't perform this very important step? At 18 minutes in the second video you simply tightened the bolt down where it happened to fall after numerous rolls up and down. You can clearly see it's at the extreme end of its adjustment range.
The more I watch these videos, the more I am amazed by some of the basic things you don't know about services you are charging good money to perform. The video title contains the phrase "Unreasonable expectations". What is unreasonable about a customer expecting you to know the very basic procedures of a service you are charging them for? You often seem baffled why things fail or don't work properly after charging full speed ahead without the proper knowledge. Fancy tools will only get you so far.
Another smaller issue was your use of rivnuts instead of the proper peel rivets. If you watch the first few seconds of the first video you can see the regulator pivoting on the bolts as the window is rolled up and down, because the bolts are too small for the holes. The alignment of the regulator is critical, and this extra slack means the regulator was likely tilted from its intended position. There's no reason not to use the proper fastener. Peel rivets are cheap, easy to install, and won't loosen over time like bolts can. You would have been finished installing the rivets long before you got those bolts cut to the correct length. No need to solve a problem that doesn't exist.
The mechanism isn't the issue remove the guide rails… And move those